Spring Break
Southern rock band stops in Athens
Project begins Southeast tour
ALEC WOODEN
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Out & About
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When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, it left much of the Louisiana music scene in shambles, separating bands and putting lives on hold for a long rebuilding process.
Benjy Davis, namesake of the Benjy Davis Project, found a silver lining among it all.
BENJY DAVIS
Playing with Chad Perrone and Mieka Pauley
When: 10 tonight
Where: Tasty World
Cost: TBA
More Information:
www.bdpmusic.com"We lost pretty much all of the good venues to play around here," Davis said.
He said the loss was a catalyst that would cause the Project and many other acts to find new areas to tour.
"In that way it was good - it spread us around," he said.
The latest Southeast tour for the band will find the group in Athens tonight for its first visit to the Classic City.
The Baton Rouge-based Project's sound is influenced by a wide variety of styles, so much so that Davis' own explanation is often left open-ended.
"It's all kinds of different fashions - it's pretty colorful," he said. "It's Southern Rock, but it's also got some other stuff in there, too."
Whatever the sound, the band likes to focus on the live shows to keep fans coming back.
"The show's real energetic," Davis said. "There's a lot of stuff going on."
The six-piece band that adds to the live shows also plays the key role to a collaborative style of song-writing based on Davis' musical framework - a formula that has proven successful throughout the current lineup's five-year tenure and multiple-release discography.
"Usually I'll write the basic song and bring it to them," he said. "They add the muscle."
After tonight's stop in Athens, the band will continue through the Southeast, touring steadily through February before the hopeful March release of its next studio album.
Benjy Davis, namesake of the Benjy Davis Project, found a silver lining among it all.
BENJY DAVIS
PROJECT
Playing with Chad Perrone and Mieka Pauley
When: 10 tonight
Where: Tasty World
Cost: TBA
More Information:
www.bdpmusic.com
He said the loss was a catalyst that would cause the Project and many other acts to find new areas to tour.
"In that way it was good - it spread us around," he said.
The latest Southeast tour for the band will find the group in Athens tonight for its first visit to the Classic City.
The Baton Rouge-based Project's sound is influenced by a wide variety of styles, so much so that Davis' own explanation is often left open-ended.
"It's all kinds of different fashions - it's pretty colorful," he said. "It's Southern Rock, but it's also got some other stuff in there, too."
Whatever the sound, the band likes to focus on the live shows to keep fans coming back.
"The show's real energetic," Davis said. "There's a lot of stuff going on."
The six-piece band that adds to the live shows also plays the key role to a collaborative style of song-writing based on Davis' musical framework - a formula that has proven successful throughout the current lineup's five-year tenure and multiple-release discography.
"Usually I'll write the basic song and bring it to them," he said. "They add the muscle."
After tonight's stop in Athens, the band will continue through the Southeast, touring steadily through February before the hopeful March release of its next studio album.
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